Five of the Central Coast’s most inquisitive young minds explored how maths can shape their future career at the Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Challenge held in Newcastle recently.
The Year 5 and 6 students from Wyong Public School, Gosford Public School and Coast Christian School joined 18 others from across NSW, with the challenge celebrating winners and District Award recipients from this year’s Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition.
From finance to medical research and even getting hands-on to extract DNA from a strawberry, the students were challenged to collaborate with their peers and imagine maths as something more than a subject at school through presentations and quizzes from professionals from Newcastle Permanent, the Hunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle.
Newcastle Permanent chief distribution officer Paul Juergens said that the maths challenge inspired students to dream big.
“This isn’t just about challenging students on paper, we want to challenge what they know about mathematics and its possibilities,” Juergens said.
“More than 15,000 students participated in our maths competition this year, and we know that the interest in all that STEM can offer is growing and growing.
“At Newcastle Permanent we love being part of it, and the enthusiasm we saw from the kids shows that they love being part of it too.”
This year’s Central Coast participants were Yian He from Wyong Public School, Niamh Fearnley and Tahsina Meherush from Gosford Public School and Abby Wang and Roy Feria Amador from Coast Christian School.
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